Fengxian Hall is located in the eastern half of the Forbidden City.
Laosi and Yuzhu entered the palace through the nearest Donghua Gate.
Good guy, in the direction of Fengxian Hall, there are flames shooting into the sky and thick smoke billowing.
The fourth child was very impatient and even started to run while walking.
Yuzhu could understand the fourth child's impatience. A fire in the palace was not a good omen for the Aisin Gioro family.
When the fourth child rushed to the front of Fengxian Hall, he couldn't help but gasped a few times and blurted out: "Oh, the fire is too big."
Yuzhu also pretended to be anxious. In fact, he was calculating the cost of rebuilding Fengxian Hall.
I remember back then, after Li Chuang broke into the palace, he set fire to the Fengxian Hall.
Because Liu Zongmin wanted to burn out Zhu Ming's dragon energy, lest his great power be taken away by Dai Ming again.
After Shunzhi entered the pass, he attacked the whole country and began to rebuild the Fengxian Hall under the auspices of Dorgon.
However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had a huge debt, and it is still unclear how much money was spent.
However, after Yuzhu also served as the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the amount of silver that passed through his hands alone exceeded 2.5 million taels.
What impressed Yuzhu most deeply was that the old emperor personally ordered him to have all the Queen Mother's old objects copied in pure gold so that he could always remember them.
Handicrafts are not valuable, and craftsmen are obliged to work for the royal family.
The problem is, the amount of gold that was allocated was tens of thousands of jins, which was extremely extravagant.
The fire was too strong, so Lao Si had no choice but to accept the reality and turned to discuss with Yuzhu.
"The isolation zone must be cleared out to avoid harm to the Sixth Palace?" Lao Si politely discussed the matter with Yuzhu.
Yuzhu nodded, and then gave the order, ordering the guards and eunuchs to take basins and buckets to surround the Fengxian Hall with water.
At five o'clock in the morning, the people near the palace had already seen the scary scene of billowing smoke.
There is no way, when the flames are soaring into the sky, let alone rushing to put out the fire, even if you are close to the fire scene, it will be extremely hot.
The fourth child, who was standing with his hands behind his back, suddenly remembered something and turned to ask Yuzhu: "Brother Zhu, don't you have a special fire prevention team under your Ama?"
Yuzhu knew Lao Si very well, and he knew as soon as he heard that Lao Si wanted to mobilize the fire prevention team under the Infantry Yamen.
Speaking of which, this fire prevention team was organized by Yuzhu himself when he was the admiral of the Nine Gates.
There was a fire in the palace, and Yuzhu did not dare to laugh. He said with a straight face and extremely seriously: "Fourth brother, to mobilize troops and horses into the palace, you must have the handwriting of Khan Amma."
The fourth child is a man of action. He wanted to mobilize the fire prevention team outside to help put out the fire recently.
Because the fire prevention team under the Infantry Army Yamen had extremely advanced fire-fighting equipment at the time, that is, a wooden fire-fighting truck that used the piston pressurization principle.
This kind of fire truck, as long as it is pressurized, can spray out six or seven meters away. It is indeed an artifact in the fire-fighting world.
But the question is, in the deep palace, who dares to send troops in without authorization?
The fourth child was hesitant and wanted to continue discussing with Yuzhu, but Yuzhu said first: "Fourth brother, the palace is not as good as the palace. The rules are very strict. You must not cross the thunder pool even half a step."
Yuzhu knew well that the fourth child was an extremely serious and hard-working guy. As long as he dared to relax even a little bit, the fourth child would dare to go to Long Ke for more discussions.
If it's someone else, forget it.
The problem is, Longko is Yuzhu's biological father.
It is no exaggeration to say that the nine-door admiral's throne under Longkodo's butt cannot be missed.
Even if the entire palace was burned to ashes, Yuzhu would not feel sad at all.
The fire in Fengxian Hall burned for three days and three nights.
Fortunately, the old emperor had been living in Changchun Garden, summoning ministers and handling government affairs as usual, so there was no serious problem.
After the fire was extinguished, the old emperor summoned his ministers to discuss how to rebuild the Fengxian Hall.
As soon as the old emperor finished speaking, the fourth child stood up and said in a deep voice: "Thank you, Ama, I think that there is a war in the northwest and the court is at a time when it is valuable, so why not postpone the reconstruction?"
Yuzhu quickly lowered his head, fearing that he would be contaminated by the explosive sparks.
Hey, the old emperor has always been thinking about renovating the Fengxian Palace, and Yuzhu is well aware of it.
Unexpectedly, one of the most respected sons actually stood up first and poured a lot of cold water on him.
The fourth child was a prince and held real power. He stood up immediately. Who among the other important ministers dared to speak easily?
So, the old emperor turned his attention to the jade pillar.
He didn't know it by looking at it, but when the old emperor took a closer look, he saw Yuzhu lowering his head and studying the patterns on the carpet very seriously.
Humph, this little bastard is quite clever. He actually knew that something was going wrong and wanted to avoid the fight with the fourth child?
"Yuzhu, the ancestral fairy spirit has no place to live, what are you going to say?" The old emperor stared at Yuzhu with an unkind expression. His meaning was extremely obvious. If you don't dare to stand up and help, just give it a try?
This was what Yuzhu was waiting for.
To be honest, Kang Mazi now has very little room for choice when it comes to the successor to the throne.
In a word, the losers and the smart people are all out.
The remaining princes are either young, short-sighted, or their mother's family is not powerful enough.
In other words, the situation forced the old emperor to choose between the fourth and the fourteenth.
Now, the old emperor forced Yuzhu to take the initiative to stand up and become the enemy of the fourth child, probably because he wanted to prepare for a rainy day.
Yuzhu was pushed onto the shelf, so he had no choice but to come out and target Lao Si.
"Fourth brother, you are confused. We would rather live in a hut than let our ancestors have nowhere to stay!" Yuzhu opened his mouth and took in all the truth.
In this era when etiquette is prevalent, the word "ritual" is respected by Dharma ancestors.
Fazu means following the example of ancestors, which translated means respecting Heaven and Fazu.
Now, the Fengxian Hall where ancestors were worshiped has been burned down by a fire. The theory of respecting heaven will be destroyed if it is not attacked, and it is easy to leave food for people.
The fourth child was not a fuel-efficient lamp either. He immediately retorted: "Brother Zhu, I didn't say not to repair it, but to delay repairing it. After all, the treasury is extremely empty."
Hehe, what the fourth child said is very unpleasant to listen to.
In fact, after Yuzhu's arrangement, overseas trade was extremely prosperous. There were more and more silver deposits in the treasury of the household department and the south treasury of the palace.
But the problem is that there is a big war going on in the northwest, and the old emperor likes to pretend to be a sage, and has repeatedly reduced and exempted a lot of taxes that should be paid.
The current situation is that even if Yuzhu can make money again, he will not be able to stop the old emperor from spending money like water.
The fourth child dared to openly accuse the old emperor of his extravagance. Hehe, now there is a good show.
If you want to ask the ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Revenue about the empty treasury, Yuzhu will naturally not be able to answer it for you.